Sella scores 46 out of 100 for violent crime — average crime, on a scale where 50 is the average for Greece. It is home to about 302 people at 618 people per km².
The score is absolute, not a ranking: 50 is the offence rate for Greece as a whole, 100 the safest end of the scale and 0 the least safe, and every doubling of the rate costs the same number of points wherever you are. Regional units are scored from Eurostat's police-recorded offence rates per 100,000 inhabitants. Greece publishes nothing finer, so municipalities and districts share out their region's measured rate by how built-up they are and by documented local reporting — treat those two levels as an estimate, not a count of reported crime.
What Sella is actually like
A mountain community of the Rio municipal unit on the slopes of Panachaiko, which in 1912 became the seat of a new community together with Pititsa. It is a small upland village of stone houses and terraces with an older population and weekend visitors, on the road up toward the ski centre. No incident reporting in the 2024-2026 record.
After dark
Silent and very dark, with no lighting away from the square, no through traffic and patchy phone coverage. Nothing documented.
What to watch for
- Winding unlit mountain roads, and weather in winter
- Houses left empty midweek
Staying here
A rural mountain stay, car essential. No use whatever for an early Italy ferry — allow an hour to the South Port.
Other neighbourhoods in Patras
Nearby municipalities
Questions people ask
Is Sella safe?
Sella (Δημοτική Κοινότητα Σελλών) scores 46 out of 100 for violent crime on SafetyMap — average crime, on a scale where 50 is the Greek average. That is based on the police-recorded offence rate of its regional unit, apportioned by how built-up Sella is. That works out to about 654 property offences and 111.8 violent offences per 100,000 residents a year.
Is Sella safe at night?
Sella is average for Greece: fine for most people after dark, with the ordinary care you would take in any neighbourhood of Patras late at night.
How does Sella compare with the rest of Patras?
Sella scores 46 out of 100 for violent crime, against 47 for Patras as a whole — about the same as its surroundings.